Hog brank



March 27, 1951 WASSENAAR 2,546,204

' HOG BRANK Filed July 24, 1945 Inventor WW 3M5 BENJAM/A/ WASSENAAR Patented Mar. 27, 1951 OFFICE HOG BRANK Benjamin M. Wassenaar, Fulton, Ill.

Application July 24, 1945, Serial No. 606,740

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a brank or bridle for hogs and has for its object to provide a simple and positive means whereby an unruly hog may be controlled.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable brank for a hog.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lever handle actuated bit whereby a hog may be controlled.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my hog brank,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a looking member, and

Figure 5 is a reduced perspective view of a modification.

The instant invention is an improvement of the hog catcher and holder as disclosed in my U. S. Patent 2 052,813 of September 1, 1936. and I indicates my herein disclosed brank which consists of a lever handle member I I, comprising a pair of spaced apart side members I2 and I3, the outer terminals I4 and I of which are provided with apertures to receive the pivot pins I6 and I! of a rotatable handle I8. The lower ends I9 and of members I2 and I3 are inwardly inclined and terminate in a bowed bridge piece 21 for seating over the snout of a hog. This member may be provided with a rubber or other padding to prevent cutting the animal.

Just above the elbows 22 and 23 of said members I2 and I3, are the pivot portions 24 and 25 of a bit member 26, which may be formed of heavy wire and which member is provided with coiled round or flat eyes '2! and 28 to receive the'hooks 29 and 30 of coil springs 3| and 32, the terminals 33 and 34 of which are secured in eyes 35 and 36 of members l2 and I3, respectively. These springs have sufiicient tension to hold the bit 26 within the mouth of a hog and prevent it from removing the same with its tongue.

The pivot element 24 terminates in a lever 31, normally aligning with the member I2, and which is provided with a thumb-engaging eye 38, at its outer end 39, whereby manual tension may be brought upon the bit 26, other than that of said springs 3| and 32, without having to resort to the use of the lever handle I I, which it is necessary to use only when the animal becomes unruly. The members I2 and I3 are tubular in form and consist of telescopically connected sections 40 and 4|, and 42 and 43, respectively, which sections are provided with alignable bores 43 and 44, and 45 and 46, respectively, for receiving the staple-like spring clips 4'! and 48, whereby the length of member II may be adjusted for use with hogs of various sizes.

In Figure 5, I show a modification of the invention in which the handle 49 is pivoted by pin 50 to the upper ends 5| and 52 of a U-shaped bridle 53, formed of strap iron. The arms 54 and 55 are provided with a spring and a manually as well as lever actuated bridle 56, the terminal 57 of which is slidably held in bore 58, in the lower section 59 of arm 55 and is held from displacement by its bent end 60.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hog holder including a handle portion having a pair of similar spaced lateral members, a snout engaging member generally U-shaped and connected to and between one pair of corresponding ends of said members, a bit provided on said snout engaging member and having an extending portion whereby said bit may be manually angularly adjusted relative to said snout engaging member, said handle lateral members being tubular and said snout engaging member being telescopically arranged therewith, each of said members having registrable apertures longitudinally arranged thereon, and clipmeans insertable in said apertures to retain said members in longitudinally adjustable relative relationship.

2. A hog holder including a handle portion having a pair of similar spaced lateral members, a snout engaging member generally U-shaped and connected to and between one pair of corresponding ends of said members, a bit provided on said snout engaging member and having an extending portion whereby said bit may be manually angularly adjusted relative to said snout engaging member, said members being relatively adjustable longitudinally and having a 3 4 apair of extensible springs secured to and UNITED STATES PATENTS between said lateral members and said bit, Number Name Date whereby sald ad ustment may vary the normal 662 960 Payton Dec 4 1900 lar relationship of said bit and thus vary $1 1 5 efifeotive tension on said springs in use 5 824402 Betz et June 1906 1,041,841 Milliner Oct. 22, 1912 BENJAMIN WASSENAAR- 1,080,446 Hickey Dec. 2, 1913 1,915,454 Steigenberger June 27, 1933 REFERENCES CITED 2,052,813 Wassenaar Sept. 1, 1936 The following references are of record in the 2 3 355 Rapp June 7 939 file of this patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 593,459 Germany Feb. 27, 1934 

